John Stix - Guitar - August 1986

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 3:08 PM

Steve Howe & Steve Hackett

GTR stands for guitar
by John Stix

Guitar - For The Practicing Musician - August 1986

In the annals of rockdom, there have been plenty of two guitar bands, but a quick glance at the writing credits inevitably turns up such guitar/vocalist pairings as Tyler and Perry (Aerosmith), Smith and Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Schon and Perry (Journey), Page and Plant (Zeppelin), or Bono and The Edge (U2). Which is why the recent pairing of guitarists Steve Howe and Steve Hackett as co-leaders and co-composers for the new group, GTR, which includes vocalist Max Bacon, bassist Phil Spalding and drummer Jonathan Mover, is more intriguing. Their personal histories, grounded in Yes and Genesis respectively, are certainly compatible, as is their mutual love of the guitar's complete spectrum, from acoustic fingerpicking to guitar synth extravagance. The key is that their collaboration is between guitar voices, either of which is capable of being used as an orchestra.

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